https://youtu.be/x4nrL2C3qIQ?si=BOoj64F2TWM-Py11

Satirical news outlet the Onion has purchased Alex Jones' Infowars site out of bankruptcy. The sale comes after the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims won a $1.5 billion libel suit against Jones for spreading false information and conspiracy theories about the shooting.

Poor Alex. Whatever happened to his friends he was counting on?

First Amendment only applies to some!

Saeed, Jones had/has freedom of the press. No one censored him or prevented him from saying what he did.

All that happened to him was that he was sued for libel/slander and lost. His defense would be it was truth… but he wasn’t telling the truth, and he got caught and punished.

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Saeed, Jones had/has freedom of the press. No one censored him or prevented him from saying what he did.

All that happened to him was that he was sued for libel/slander and lost. His defense would be it was truth… but he wasn’t telling the truth, and he got caught and punished.

Ok, but the amount he has to pay??

Well, CNN is being sued for a billion.
I find these amounts crazy, but it's whatever the lawyers can push for it seems.

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Ok, but the amount he has to pay??

Just like Guliani, everything of market value.

I haven't been able to find how the auction purchase was "backed by Sandy Hook families" exactly.
Are they direct benefactors of the sale as a condition of the sentencing?

If so, isn't it a conflict of interest to either depress the value (which keeps Jones in debt and hinders satisfying the sentence) or to push up the value to suit a preferred bidder?
Somethings a little weird here.

Our legal system is out of whack as far as damages from lawsuits go.

Add percentage based contingency fees from the plaintiffs bar and it’s a mess.
But that is neither a first amendment or a censorship issue.

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Saeed, Jones had/has freedom of the press. No one censored him or prevented him from saying what he did.

All that happened to him was that he was sued for libel/slander and lost. His defense would be it was truth… but he wasn’t telling the truth, and he got caught and punished.

Ok, but the amount he has to pay??

Both Jones and Guiliani got the civil punishment they deserved. They both knowingly lied for an extended time.

Here's another defamation suit:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...6b1f0ea6afa71&ei=121

Judge agrees to recuse himself from Central Park Five defamation suit against Trump
Story by Zach Schonfeld • 1h • 2 min read

Also:

Criminal cases:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...6afa71&ei=46#image=6

‘I Am Going to Prison’: Steve Bannon Faces More Criminal Charges

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...3f317106d939cd&ei=19

Trump won’t face 2020 election-related charges while he’s in office. But others will.
Story by Jordan Rubin • 1d • 2 min read

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Our legal system is out of whack as far as damages from lawsuits go.

Add percentage based contingency fees from the plaintiffs bar and it’s a mess.
But that is neither a first amendment or a censorship issue.

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
Saeed, Jones had/has freedom of the press. No one censored him or prevented him from saying what he did.

All that happened to him was that he was sued for libel/slander and lost. His defense would be it was truth… but he wasn’t telling the truth, and he got caught and punished.

Ok, but the amount he has to pay??

What options does the defendant have? Presuming all their assets don't meet the awards? do they get to declare bankruptcy and walk away from the excess amount due? Or will it await them on return to solvency?

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Originally posted by Huvius:
I haven't been able to find how the auction purchase was "backed by Sandy Hook families" exactly.
Are they direct benefactors of the sale as a condition of the sentencing?

If so, isn't it a conflict of interest to either depress the value (which keeps Jones in debt and hinders satisfying the sentence) or to push up the value to suit a preferred bidder?
Somethings a little weird here.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movi...df0e40af4da35&ei=138

In an outcome beyond parody, a bankruptcy judge puts The Onion’s Infowars purchase on hold

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When reality becomes stranger than satire, maybe the satirists can teach us something. Or, maybe the last laugh will be on them after all. The Onion said on Thursday that its parent company bought Infowars, the disgraced purveyor of Sandy Hook misinformation and vendor of pseudoscience supplements. The Onion posted on Bluesky that it plans to transform the rebooted Infowars into “a very funny, very stupid website.” However, the Texas judge overseeing the bankruptcy sale temporarily halted the takeover, citing concerns about the auction process. A review hearing will be scheduled for next week.

The Onion said it received the blessing of the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to scoop up Infowars in a bankruptcy auction. Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit founded in the massacre’s aftermath, reportedly plans to advertise on the rebooted site if the sale is finalized.

Infowars founder Alex Jones was found liable in 2022 for nearly $1.5 billion in damages for spreading conspiracy theories about the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six adult staffers.

After The Onion’s triumphant announcement on Thursday, the AP reported that US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez called for an evidentiary hearing to review the auction that led to the takeover. Christopher Murray, the trustee overseeing the auction, reportedly said in court that The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, didn’t offer the highest bid in cash. However, the sale price included a clause where some Sandy Hook families would forego their portion of the proceeds to pay Jones’ other creditors. Murray said Global Tetrahedron’s bid was the best despite having a lower (undisclosed) cash amount due to that agreement.

So just maybe there was (GASP!) a crime committed?
Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, collusion perhaps?
I thought it smelled fishy…

I take it that you are a fan of Alex Jones.

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Originally posted by Magine Enigam:
I take it that you are a fan of Alex Jones.

Nope, not at all.
He’s a blowhard slimeball.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/mone...6be88bc0adcb0d&ei=20

Elon Musk's X Corp. files notice in Alex Jones' Infowars bankruptcy case

Given recent and prolonged turn of events, nationally and the world, The Onion has a message for humanity:

https://youtu.be/Bex5LyzbbBE?si=vTR6J2EI9x78qKrv

https://theonion.com/heres-why...ded-to-buy-infowars/

Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’
By Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO

Published:

November 14, 2024

Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, interchangeable assets for their patriarch to absorb and discard according to the opaque whims of the market. And just like family members, our brands regard one another with mutual suspicion and malice.

All told, the decision to acquire InfoWars was an easy one for the Global Tetrahedron executive board.

Founded in 1999 on the heels of the Satanic “panic” and growing steadily ever since, InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses. With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal. They are a true unicorn, capable of simultaneously inspiring public support for billionaires and stoking outrage at an inept federal state that can assassinate JFK but can’t even put a man on the Moon.

Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron.

No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars.

Make no mistake: This is a coup for our company and a well-deserved victory for multinational elites the world over.

What’s next for InfoWars remains a live issue. The excess funds initially allocated for the purchase will be reinvested into our philanthropic efforts that include business school scholarships for promising cult leaders, a charity that donates elections to at-risk third world dictators, and a new pro bono program pairing orphans with stable factory jobs at no cost to the factories.

As for the vitamins and supplements, we are halting their sale immediately. Utilitarian logic dictates that if we can extend even one CEO’s life by 10 minutes, diluting these miracle elixirs for public consumption is an unethical waste. Instead, we plan to collect the entire stock of the InfoWars warehouses into a large vat and boil the contents down into a single candy bar–sized omnivitamin that one executive (I will not name names) may eat in order to increase his power and perhaps become immortal.

All will be revealed in due time. For now, let’s enjoy this win and toast to the continued consolidation of power and capital.

Infinite Growth Forever,

Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO